Assessment of N2 fixation capability of native legumes from the longleaf pine-wiregrass ecosystem

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 444-450

  Cathey, Sarah E ^a   Boring, Lindsay R ^b   Sinclair, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

15N natural abundance; Acetylene reduction; N2 fixation; Native legume; Nodule; Ureide

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GRASS; NATIVE SPECIES; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; REDUCTION; UREA;

ARISTIDA STRICTA; CENTROSEMA VIRGINIANUM; CHAMAECRISTA; CHAMAECRISTA NICTITANS; CLITORIA; CLITORIA MARIANA; CROTALARIA; CROTALARIA ROTUNDIFOLIA; LESPEDEZA; LESPEDEZA HIRTA; MIMOSA; MIMOSA QUADRIVALVIS; PINUS PALUSTRIS; TEPHROSIA; TEPHROSIA VIRGINIANA;

EID: 70449519990     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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